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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Tom and Huck become rich?
(a) They recovered $6,000 in gold.
(b) They were given $6,000 for handing over a runaway slave.
(c) Tom's father lent him $6,000.
(d) Huck's father left him $6,000.

2. How many logs worth selling do Pap and Huck find?
(a) Nine.
(b) Ten.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Six.

3. What convinces the ferry captain to investigate the sinking ship?
(a) The possibility of valuable salvage.
(b) The opportunity for glory in catching murderers.
(c) Huck's harrowing story of women and children in peril..
(d) Huck's story of a good financial reward.

4. What is Huck's reaction to the widow's prayer?
(a) He ridicules prayer because he can't see how it helps people.
(b) He takes it seriously and goes off to the forest to think about it
(c) He takes it seriously and vows to attend church.
(d) He decides to test prayer by praying for impossible things.

5. How does Huck's practical joke on Jim backfire?
(a) Jim is bitten by an actual snake.
(b) Huck is bitten by a rattlesnake.
(c) Jim turns the tables by putting live coals in Huck's bed.
(d) Jim is so angry that he attacks Huck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these statements is closest to a description of Huck's father?

2. What idea is it that Huck and his friends don't fully understand [when forming their gang and making plans]?

3. What does Huck do with the canoe when he reaches Jackson's Island?

4. What explanation does 'Sarah/Mary' Williams give for her journey?

5. What is the 'good place' to which Miss Watson keeps referring?

(see the answer key)

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